Toy gun



R. B. MICHALEK.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATlON FILED AuG.5. I919.

'1,33,458 I Patanted Apr. 27, 19%.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC RUDOLPH B. MICHALEK, O15 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TOY GUN.

Application filed August 5.

- thelyhhave passed the feeding wheel.

e invention is designed to provide a kind in which the caps are gun of this is initiated witheasily inserted, the feeding out difficulty or annoyance and in which the handle for operating the device is so'disposed relative to the opening through which the exploded caps emerge that there is no possibility of burning the hand.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gun which can simulate a machine gun by reason of the fact that it is swiveled to a suitable block or other support.

The invention further consists in the arrangement and relative positioning of the parts to form a combination to permit economy of manufacture and to provide a compact and stable toy, the details of which are more fully described hereinafter and finally embodied in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 illus trates a top view of my improved toy gun, with the strip holder broken away to more clearly illustrate the mechanism within. Fig. 2 is a side view of the gun shown in Fig. 1, with the casing broken away at the central portion thereof, and with the strip holder in open position, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a part of the gun taken on the plane approximately represented by line 3-3 in Fig. 2, showing the parts within the casing in elevation.

The main part of the gun is made up of a casing that usually consists of two halves 10 and 11, this being the preferred way of making it, because the two halves can be more easily made and easily assembled, these halves being divided longitudinally and substantially central of the gun. The general outline of the gun is designed to provide a barrel part 12 that has the appearance of being the barrel of the gun, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2

1919. Serial No. 315.413.

a support 13 which is substanti: trally disposed and on the back is a handle portion 14. The su] terminates in a hollow bottom part gun is suitably mounted, but it is 1 .to arrange it so that it can be swr zontally, and to permit such swi is placed on a base plate 16, whic tened to a pedestal or other suitabl 17 by means of a pivotal screw 1 side of the gun, and a guiding on the other side of the gun passes a slot 20 in the base plate; in this swinging of the gun being possibh expense of manufacture is low.

The casing is usually made 0: or sheet metal and for the mos1 hollow, the support 13 being n: provide for a reduction in weight for more graceful outline, and w support is a hammer 21, opera1 spring to yieldingly hold it and to it against a suitable striking s1 that the caps are exploded.

In the form shown, the hEtIIlIIN oted by the'pin 22 and has an ext which extends back in the base p a spring 24 resting against the l the extension and having another ing against the bottom plate 25 0: portion 15, so that the hammer i mally forced forward. The hamnf against an anvil, which, in the for is provided by a stop 26 against end 27 of a spring28 rests, the passing over a bar 29 and havir 30 adapted to bear against the l the cap strip holder 32, which hub by a suitable pin 33. The sprir held in place and at the same til vides suitable friction to prevent ping of the strip holder'32, the int portion of the spring, that is, tl between the bar 29 and the stop utilized as a surface against whicl ing of the strip is accomplished, described hereinafter.

The strip holder is preferably on its end with a suitably forme which, when the strip holder is against the inner side of the cas strip holder is adapted to receiv strip of caps and has a top piece limited and the strip holder does not pass beyond the point where its outline is in register with the outline of the casing, and

.when the strip holder is closed there is thus provided a symmetrical exterior.

A feeding wheel 39 is journaled between the two sides of the casing and is disposed so that when it is rotated it will feed-the strip of caps along the surface of the spring 28, the feed wheel being suitably rotated, a steady rotation being preferred which is provided by means of a crank handle 40, the arm 41 of which is connected with the axle 42, the axle being secured to or integral with the feeding wheel 39 and also with a set of fingers 43, this set of fingers being to one side and in line with the nose 44 on the end of the hammer 21, the spring 28 being cut away to permit the rotation of the fingers 43, or the spring can be made narrower than the casing-to permit such rotation.

It will thus be seen that when a strip of caps is placed in the strip holder, the end thereof is placed between the feeding wheel 39 and the intermediate portion of the spring 28, and a very slight turn gives it enough grip so that it is securely held after the initial entrance has been effected. The strip holder is then closed, and by rotating the handle 40 the strip is fed forward, the fingers 43 successively engaging the nose 44 of the hammer and pulling the hammer back to a point where the finger will clear the end of the nose 44, and then the spring 24 snaps the hammer so that it is forced against the anvil formed by the stop 26 and the end of the spring 28, and the cap is exploded and the fragments of the strip and the cap pass out through the opening 45.

The handle 40 is so disposed relative to the fingers 43 that it is not opposite the opening 45 when the hammer is released, this preferred disposition being made so that the hand is not inposition to receive any sparks from the explosion of a cap when passing the opening when such explosion takes place. Burns from such explosions are, however, not possible because the side pieces of the gun are not broken away, the opening 45 being in the front of the support 13. The rest of the gun is closed and there is no likelihood of any injury ordamage resulting from the use of it in the way in which it is designed to be used, and the assembly and manufacture of the parts of the gun are easy and economical. 28 provides a smooth surface 0 cap strip travels, and it also act: ruptedly guide the paper stl emerges from the gun, the othei as a pressure means on the hub holder, thereby performing thr and also providing a compact st I claim:

1. A toy gun comprising at ca a support, a hammer pivoted in an extension on the hammer, a ing oirthe bottom of the support the extension, a feeding whee support, a set of fingers projecti to the wheel, a nose on the hamn so as to be engaged by the fin sively, a stop in the casing, a ba: ing, a spring resting against t] the bar and having its intermed adapted to form a surface for by a strip of caps engaged by wheel, and means for rotating wheel.

2. In a toy gun, a hammer means for a strip of caps, a sp1 which the feeding means and 1 operate, and a strip holder inch on which the holder swings, the spring being arranged to bear 3. In a toy gun, a feeding wl mer, a spring against which wheel and the hammer are ope: over which the spring is curved, holder including a hub, the end 0 after passing the bar bearing age to give the spring a tension ag the feeding means operateand t tension on the strip holder.

4. A toy gun comprising a casi support, thefront of the support a strip holder pivoted in the to ing, the casing just above the'o ing a stop, a spring resting agan a bar near the top of the casing the spring is curved, the strip ho ing a hub against which the sp1 the curved portion bears, a ham: ing wheel, the feedin wheel beat the spring between t e stop am handle for rotating the feeding gers rotated with the feeding w on the hammer adapted to be e: cessively by the fingers to trip t and a spring bearing against the snap it to its normal position.

In testimony that I claim tln I have hereto set my hand thi August, 1919.

RUDOLPH B. MIC 

